2019 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Kiki Bertens was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Venus Williams.


2019 US Open Series, Week 4, WTA – Western & Southern Open (Cincinnati)
Madison Keys won the title, defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 7–5, 7–6(7–5).


2019 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Daniil Medvedev was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.


2019 US Open Series, Week 5, ATP – Winston-Salem Open
Hubert Hurkacz won his first ATP Tour title, defeating Benoît Paire in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.


2019 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, ATP – US Open (New York)
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but he retired in the fourth round against Stan Wawrinka.


2019 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, ATP – US Open (New York)
Rafael Nadal won the title, defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4.


2019 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, WTA – US Open (New York)
Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the fourth round by Belinda Bencic.


2019 US Open Series, Weeks 6–7, WTA – US Open (New York)
Bianca Andreescu won the title, defeating Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2019 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Eliot Spizzirri and Tyler Zink won the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Andrew Paulson and Alexander Zgirovsky in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.


2019 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Adrian Andreev and Anton Matusevich were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 US Open – Boys' Singles
Jonáš Forejtek won the Boy's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Emilio Nava 6–7(4–7), 6–0, 6–2 in the final.


2019 US Open – Boys' Singles
Thiago Seyboth Wild was the defending champion, but he is no longer eligible to participate in junior events.


2019 US Open – Day-by-day summaries
The 2019 US Open described in detail, in the form of day-by-day summaries.


2019 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Kamilla Bartone and Oksana Selekhmeteva won the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Aubane Droguet and Séléna Janicijevic in the final, 7–5, 7–6(8–6).


2019 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Cori Gauff and Caty McNally were the defending champions, but chose not to participate, having already competed in the women's doubles.


2019 US Open – Girls' Singles
María Camila Osorio Serrano won the Girl's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Alexandra Yepifanova 6−1, 6−0 in the final.


2019 US Open – Girls' Singles
Wang Xiyu was the defending champion, but she competed in the women's singles as a lucky loser losing to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round.


2019 US Open – Men's Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah won their second consecutive Grand Slam men's doubles title, defeating Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final, 6–4, 7–5 to win the Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. Cabal and Farah retained the ATP no. 1 doubles ranking. Mike Bryan, Łukasz Kubot and Nicolas Mahut were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2019 US Open – Men's Doubles
Mike Bryan and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Bryan played alongside his brother Bob, but lost in the third round to Sock and Jackson Withrow. Sock lost in the quarterfinals to Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski.


2019 US Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
Rafael Nadal defeated Daniil Medvedev, 7–5, 6–3, 5–7, 4–6, 6–4 to capture the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. It was his fourth US Open title and 19th major title overall. Nadal's victory meant that every Grand Slam title since the beginning of 2017 had been won by either himself (5), Novak Djokovic (4) or Roger Federer (3). This was the first time since 2006–08 that Nadal, Djokovic and Federer had claimed all four Grand Slam singles titles in three consecutive years.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but retired due to a left shoulder injury against Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round, after losing the first two sets. This was the first time since 2006 that Djokovic failed to reach the semifinals at the US Open (not counting the 2017 tournament, which he missed due to injury).


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
The respective losses of Wawrinka and Federer in the quarterfinals guaranteed a first time major finalist in the top half of the draw. Medvedev became the second Russian player (after Marat Safin) to reach a US Open men's singles final. Medvedev also became the first Russian man to reach a major final since Safin at the 2005 Australian Open.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
Grigor Dimitrov (ranked 78th) became the lowest ranked men's singles semifinalist at the US Open since Jimmy Connors (ranked 174th) in 1991. Dimitrov was also the lowest ranked men's singles semifinalist at any Grand Slam tournament since Rainer Schüttler (ranked 92nd) at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
This was the first major men's singles tournament since the 2012 US Open without at least two former major champions in the semifinals. It was also the first time in the Open Era that 4 quarterfinalists (Federer, Nadal, Wawrinka and Gaël Monfils) were 33 years old or older. By reaching the finals, Nadal also became the oldest player to reach all 4 Grand Slam semifinals and at least 3 Grand Slam finals in a calendar year in the Open Era.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
There were seven active Grand Slam champions and seven active US Open champions; five of the seven participated in the tournament (2009 champion Juan Martin del Potro and 2012 champion Andy Murray did not).


2019 US Open – Men's Singles
It was also the last Grand Slam tournament for 2010 Wimbledon finalist, 2012 US Open semifinalist and  former world No. 4 Tomáš Berdych and former world No. 8 and two-time US Open quarterfinalist Janko Tipsarević.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
The 2019 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying is a series of tennis matches that takes place from 19 August 2019 to 23 August 2019 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2019 US Open – Men's Singles, and, if necessary, the lucky losers.


2019 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus in the final, 6–2, 6–3. This is the third straight Mixed Doubles title Murray has won at the US Open, following his championships in 2018 (with Mattek-Sands) and 2017 (with Martina Hingis).


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid were the two-time defending champions, and successfully defended their Wheelchair Men's Doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Gustavo Fernández and Shingo Kunieda in the final, 1–6, 6–4, [11–9].


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Alfie Hewett was the defending champion and successfully defended his Wheelchair Men's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Stéphane Houdet in the final, 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5).


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Andrew Lapthorne and David Wagner were the two-time defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Lapthorne successfully defended the title alongside Dylan Alcott, defeating Bryan Barten and Wagner in the final, 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–6].


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Andrew Lapthorne defeated defending champion Dylan Alcott in the final 6–1, 6–0 to win the Wheelchair Quad Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open.


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Diede de Groot and Yui Kamiji were the defending champions, but chose to compete with different partners. Kamiji played alongside Giulia Capocci, but lost in the semifinals to de Groot and van Koot.


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
De Groot successfully defended the title alongside Aniek van Koot, defeating Sabine Ellerbrock and Kgothatso Montjane in the final, 6–2, 6–0.


2019 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Diede de Groot was the defending champion and successfully defended her Wheelchair Women's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open, defeating Yui Kamiji in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4.


2019 US Open – Women's Doubles
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka defeated Ashleigh Barty and Victoria Azarenka in the final, 7–5, 7–5, to win the Women's Doubles tennis title at the 2019 US Open.


2019 US Open – Women's Doubles
Barbora Strýcová retained the WTA no. 1 doubles ranking after the tournament. Kristina Mladenovic was also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2019 US Open – Women's Doubles
Barty and CoCo Vandeweghe were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Barty played alongside Azarenka and lost in the final. Vandeweghe teamed up with Bethanie Mattek-Sands, but lost in the first round to Magda Linette and Iga Świątek.


2019 US Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles
Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2019 US Open. It was her first major title. Andreescu became the first Canadian, as well as the first player born in the 2000s, to win a major singles title. In addition, she was the youngest person since Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2004 to win a major singles title and the first woman to win the US Open on her main draw debut. With the win, Andreescu entered the top 5 in rankings for the first time.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles
Naomi Osaka was the defending champion, but lost to Belinda Bencic in the fourth round.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles
By making the final, Williams set a new record for the longest gap between a player's first and most recent major final appearances, her first being at the 1999 US Open. She also equaled the record for most match wins at the US Open (101) held by Chris Evert. Williams was attempting to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles, and she was also attempting to win an Open Era record seventh US Open title.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles
Despite losing in the fourth round, Ashleigh Barty regained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament from Osaka. Besides Barty and Osaka, Karolína Plíšková and Simona Halep were also in contention for the top ranking.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles, Championship match ratings
In Canada, preliminary data from Numeris showed a combined average audience of 3.4 million viewers on TSN and RDS, in English and French, respectively. Canadian viewership peaked at 5.3 million viewers at 5:59pm during the second set.


2019 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 2019 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying is a series of tennis matches that takes place from 19 August 2019 to 23 August 2019 to determine the sixteen qualifiers into the main draw of the 2019 US Open – Women's Singles, and, if necessary, the lucky losers.


2019 USA Cross Country Championships
The 2019 USA Cross Country Championships was the 129th edition of the USA Cross Country Championships. The USA Cross Country Championships took place in Tallahassee, Florida, on 2 February 2019 and served as the US Trials for 43rd edition of IAAF World Cross Country Championship (6 member teams). The men's race was won by Shadrack Kipchirchir in 28:52.5. The women's race was won by Shelby Houlihan in a time of 32:46.8.


2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from February 22 to February 24 and serves as the national championships in track and field for the United States.


2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Entry Standards
Events in bold will be contested at the Championships. Events listed directly below those being contested may be used as alternates for qualifying. Qualifying window: November 16, 2018 - February 17, 2019Combined Events Qualifying window: January 5, 2018 - February 17, 2019


2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
The 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships serve as the qualification meet for United States representatives in international competitions, including the 2020 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In order to be entered, athletes need to achieve a qualifying standard mark and place in the top 2 in their event and top 12 in the world. The United States team, as managed by USATF, can also bring a qualified back up athlete in case one of the team members is unable to perform.


2019 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Additionally, defending 2019 IAAF World Indoor Tour Winner (received a wildcard spot subject to ratification by their country) and World Champions received byes into the 2020 World Championships. The athletes eligible for a bye are:


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships were held at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place from July 25–28 and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Men's results
Key:≠ Not selected in respective event because the athlete has not achieved the required qualifying standard. Athletes can still pursue standards following this meet and still make the team provided they attain it before the cutoff date.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Women's results
Key:≠ Not selected in respective event because the athlete has not achieved the required qualifying standard. Athletes can still pursue standards following this meet and still make the team provided they attain it before the cutoff date.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, International selection
The 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships serve as the selection meet for United States representatives in international competitions, including the 2019 World Championships in Athletics. In order to be entered, athletes needed to achieve a qualifying standard mark and place in the top 3 in their event. The United States team, as managed by USATF, can also bring a qualified back up athlete in case one of the team members is unable to perform. In their qualification standards, the IAAF allows the option to add athletes based on their worldwide ranking.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, International selection
Additionally, defending world champions and 2019 Diamond League champions receive byes into the World Championships.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, International selection
to represent their countries at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, International selection, Defending 2017 World Champions
Since some of these athletes also placed top three in these championships, the following fourth place athletes will also qualify:


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, International selection, 2019 Diamond League Champions
To be determined at the Weltklasse Zürich on 29 August, and at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels on 6 September.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
USA Track & Field sets minimum performances standards for entry into the national championships. In order to merit entry into the championships, an athlete must meet that standard, or better, within a set time frame prior to the competition. For the 10,000 m, 20,000 m race walk, and combined events the qualifying window was from January 1, 2018 – July 21, 2019. For all other events the qualifying window was June 1, 2018 – July 21, 2019. The organisers also set a maximum number of entrants and rounds for each event.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
There are also automatic qualifying criteria outside of the entry standards. Athletes who are the reigning indoor or outdoor national champion are automatically qualified to enter that event. Athletes who meet the "A" standard for entry into the previous Olympic Games or World Championships in Athletics receive automatic entry, as do any athletes who placed in the top three of their event at the 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Non -American athletes may compete as invited guests only and their performances may not count towards the national results nor international team selection. Athletes must have United States citizenship to be selected to represent the nation, else non-citizens must receive approval from the Track & Field Committee and be due to gain United States citizenship prior to the international meet that the national championships is selecting for.


2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
For events over distances from 100 m to 800 m, performances will only be accepted if fully automatic timing (FAT) is used. For performances beyond that distance, FAT times are also used, but in the event that the athlete has not recorded a FAT performance, a manually recorded time may be used.


2019 USA Sevens
The 2019 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2019 Las Vegas Sevens) is the sixteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the sixth tournament of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played  March 1–3, 2019 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2019 USA Sevens
In January 2019, it was reported that the 2019 USA Sevens would be the last in Las Vegas, with the event moving to an unknown city starting from 2020. Possible options are San Diego, which had been home to the USA Sevens before it moved to Las Vegas; San Francisco, which hosted the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens; and Miami in Florida.


2019 USA Sevens
Among the reported reasons included the uncertain status of Sam Boyd Stadium with the upcoming stadium not due to be ready until summer 2020, poor living environment at the team hotels (the stadium is far distant from the main tourist area of the Las Vegas Strip), and safety concerns due to an unusually narrow pitch with team benches very close to the touchlines (Sam Boyd Stadium is built for American football, a sport with a playing field about 20 metres narrower than a standard rugby pitch). The stadium's normal pitch is artificial turf, which raised even more safety concerns in the early years of the event's run in Las Vegas, but temporary grass pitches were used in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 events.


2019 USA Sevens, Format
The teams are drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team plays every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup bracket where teams compete for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals. The bottom two teams from each group go to the Challenge Trophy bracket.


2019 USA Sevens, Teams
Fifteen core teams played in the tournament along with one invitational team, the winner of the 2019 Sudamérica Rugby Sevens, Chile:


2019 USA Sevens, Pool stage
All times in Pacific Standard Time (UTC−08:00). The pools were scheduled as follows:


2019 USA Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2019 USA Swimming Championships
The 2019 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships were held from July 31 to August 4, 2019, at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, California.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals
The 2019 College Nationals is the 24th Men's and Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals is a team handball tournament to determined the College National Champion from 2019 from the US.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division
The 2019 College Nationals was the 24th Men's College Nationals. The College Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2019 from the US.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Venues
The championship was played at two venues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Draw
The seeding was based on the USA Men's Top 5 College Rankings from March.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Draw
The 4th ranked team West Virginia University was not able to play at the college nationals. Because of there finals.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Draw, Seeding
The two teams of pot 1 and 5 were placed in group A the team in pot 3 in group B.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Draw, Seeding
The other teams were placed in group A or B.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The seven teams are split in two groups A (4 teams) and B and will play first a round robin. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The first of group A have a bye in the quarterfinals. All others play a quarterfinal. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The winners of the quarterfinals plays the semis. 2 × 30 min game time. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The three losers of the quarters plays a round robin for the places seven to five. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The losers of the semis play a small final. 2 × 30 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Men's Division, Modus
The winners of the semis play the final. 2 × 30 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division
The 2019 College Nationals is the 24th Women's College Nationals. The College Nationals is a team handball tournament to determine the College National Champion from 2019 from the US.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Venues
The championship was played at two venues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The four teams played first a round robin. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The first plays against the 4th and 2nd against the 3rd of the Group stage the semis. 2 × 25 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The losers of the semis play a small final. 2 × 30 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball College Nationals - Women's Division, Modus
The winners of the semis play the final. 2 × 30 min game time.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division
The 2019 Nationals is the 49th Men's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2019 from the US.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Venues
The championship was played at venues at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Qualification
West Point Black (Army) which ranked 2nd at the NTHL and at the Wildcard Standings will not attending the competition. due to graduation.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Modus
The eight teams are split in two pools A and B and they play a round roubin.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Modus
The last two teams per group were qualified for the 5-8th place semifinals.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Modus
The losers from the 5-8th place semis played a 7th place game and the winners the 5th place game.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Modus
The best two teams per group were qualified for the semifinals.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Men's Elite Division, Modus
The losers from the semis played a small final and the winners the final.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division
The 2019 Nationals was the 49th Women's Nationals. The Nationals was a team handball tournament to determine the National Champion from 2019 in the US.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Venues
The championship was played at four courts at the Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Modus
The eight teams are split in two pools A and B and they play a round robin.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Modus
The teams ranked third and fourth in the group were qualified for the 5-8th place crossovers.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Modus
The losers from the 5-8th crossovers played a 7th place game and the winners the 5th place game.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Modus
The best two teams per group were qualified for the semifinals.


2019 USA Team Handball Nationals - Women's Open Division, Modus
The losers from the semis played a small final and the winners the final.


2019 USA Women's Sevens
The 2019 USA Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament that takes place at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado between the 5-6 October 2019. It was the seventh time that the USA Women's Sevens have been held as an World Series event and was the first tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.


2019 USA Women's Sevens
In the cup final, the United States won their first USA Women's Sevens since the tournament became a World Series event as they defeated Australia 26–7 in the final. New Zealand came home in third place after defeating France 31–14 while England won the Challenge Trophy over Japan.


2019 USA Women's Sevens, Background
The 2019 USA Women's Sevens is the first round of eight tournaments for the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the seventh since the tournament became a part of the World Series. During the off-season, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics continued in the continental with England qualifying through to the Olympic Games as Great Britain with a 19-0 victory over Russia. France joined Russia in qualifying for the repcharge event.


2019 USA Women's Sevens, Format
The twelve teams are drawn into three pools of four teams each with each team playing their other three opponents in their pool once. Points are awarded in each pool on the standard schedule for rugby sevens tournaments (though different from the standard in the 15-man game)—3 for a win, 2 for a draw, 1 for a loss. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Cup brackets while the top two third place teams also compete in the Cup. The remaining four teams will compete in the Challenge Trophy.


2019 USA Women's Sevens, Teams
Twelve teams will compete in the tournament with eleven teams being core teams to the Sevens Series. The twelfth team, Japan was invited to the tournament.


2019 USA Women's Sevens, Players, Dream Team
The following seven players were selected for the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:


2019 USAC Silver Crown Series
The 2019 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series was the 48th season of Silver Crown racing under the USAC banner. The season began with the Memphis 100 at Memphis International Raceway on March 23, and ended with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 28. The original 12-race season for 2019 was to be an equal split of races on dirt and asphalt however as the season progressed, two dirt races were rained out and unable to be rescheduled so the final tally was six asphalt races and four dirt races. The 2019 season also featured full-season broadcast coverage on FloSports. Kody Swanson will enter the 2019 season as the defending champion.


2019 USAC Silver Crown Series, Schedule and results
The 2019 schedule featured twelve races, with an equal split of six races each on dirt and asphalt. Later that changed to ten races due to weather cancellations. The entire season featured live and on-demand coverage on FloRacing.


2019 USAFL National Championships
The 2019 USAFL National Championships were the 23rd instalment of the premier United States annual Australian rules football club tournament.


2019 USARL season
The 2019 USA Rugby League season is the 22nd season overall of semi-professional rugby league competition in the United States and the 8th season under the governance of the USARL.


2019 USARL season, Results, Conference Championships
With the wins, Jacksonville Axemen are the Champions of the Southern Conference and the Brooklyn Kings are the Champions of the Northern Conference.


2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships
The 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships was the 48th edition of the annual national championship in outdoor track and field for American athletes aged under 20, organized by USA Track & Field. The three-day competition took place on June 21–23 in at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida. It was the fifth time that the event was held in Florida, the previous occasion being in 1994.


2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, Qualification
To enter an event at the national competition, athletes must achieve the event's entry standard performance. The qualifying period for performances runs from Friday, June 15, 2018 to Sunday, June 16, 2019 for all events, except race walk. The race walk qualifying window closes a week earlier on Sunday June 9, 2019.


2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, Pan American U20 team selection
The event served as the selection meet for the United States team for the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships. In order to be entered, athletes needed to finish in the first two of their event at the national meet and also achieve an international qualifying standard mark. The United States team, as managed by USATF, can also bring a qualified back up athlete in case one of the team members is unable to perform.


2019 USC Trojans football team
The 2019 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and competed as members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Clay Helton.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Previous season
The Trojans finished the 2018 season 5–7, 4–5 in Pac-12.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, Transfers
The Trojans lost nine players due to transfer. QB Matt Fink, WR Velus Jones Jr., and CB Greg Johnson all entered the NCAA transfer portal, but ultimately decided to return to USC. WR Keyshawn Pie Young, a redshirt junior, announced his intention to transfer on June 28, 2019, and on July 10 of the same year, freshman CB Trey Davis entered the NCAA transfer portal after just one month of enrollment. After QB Jack Sears was officially listed as the fourth-string quarterback on the depth chart, behind starter J.T. Daniels, true freshman Kedon Slovis and Fink, Sears decided to enter the transfer portal as well but counted for 2020 Transfer portal.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, Returning starters
USC returns 25 starters in 2019 including 10 on offense, 12 on defense, and 3 on special teams.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, Returning starters
Key departures include Aca'Cedric Ware (TB – 10 games), Tyler Petite (TE – 12 games), Chuma Edoga (OT – 10 games), Chris Brown (OG – 12 games), Toa Lobendahn (C – 11 games), Jordan Austin (OG – 1 game), Malik Dorton (DT – 11 games), Porter Gustin (OLB – 5 games), Cameron Smith (ILB – 9 games), Iman Marshall (CB – 12 games), Ajene Harris (CB – 12 games), Isaiah Langley (CB – 8 games), Jonathan Lockett (CB – 5 games), Marvel Tell III (S – 10 games), Reid Budrovich (P – 12 games), Wyatt Schmidt (H – 12 games).


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, Returning starters
Other departures include Jake Russell (WR), Daniel Imatorbhebhe (TE), Reuben Peters (ILB), and Jake Olson (LS).


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, 2019 NFL Draft, NFL Combine
The official list of participants for the 2019 NFL Combine included USC football players ILB Cameron Smith, CB Iman Marshall, OLB Porter Gustin, OT Chuma Edoga & S Marvell Tell III.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media days, Pac-12 media polls
In the 2019 Pac-12 preseason media poll, USC was voted to finish in second place in the South Division behind Utah. The Trojans received the fourth most votes to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.


2019 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Scholarship distribution chart
redshirt year used / redshirt year eligible / * Commit


2019 USC Trojans football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: POS: Position, SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, PD: Passes Defended, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FR: Fumbles Recovered, FF: Forced Fumbles, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties, TD : Touchdown


2019 USL Championship Playoffs
The 2019 USL Championship Playoffs is the postseason tournament following the 2019 USL Championship regular season. Including USL Pro history, it is the ninth postseason tournament. The tournament began on October 23 and will end with the USL Championship Final on November 17.


2019 USL Championship Playoffs
The top 10 teams from each conference qualified for the playoffs. Each conference had a "Play-In round" where the 7 seed hosted the 10 seed and the 8 hosted the 9. The lowest remaining seed then played the 1 seed and the other play-in survivor played the 2 seed to form an 8-team playoff bracket. Each of the 8 team playoff brackets consisted of teams within their respective conference and the matches were hosted by the higher seed. The USL Cup will be the season's only match that involves teams from different conferences; it will be hosted by the conference champion with the better regular-season record.


2019 USL Championship Playoffs
Phoenix Rising FC clinched the USL Championship regular season title on September 28th and earned the number one seed in the Western Conference.


2019 USL Championship Playoffs, Conference standings
The top 10 teams from each conference advanced to the playoffs.


2019 USL Championship season
The 2019 USL Championship season is the ninth season of the USL Championship and third under Division II sanctioning. This is the first season in which the league is operating under the name "USL Championship," having used the name "United Soccer League" through 2018. The season began on March 8, 2019, and concluded on October 20, 2019; with each team playing 34 matches. 36 teams competed in the 2019 USL Championship season, split into 2 conferences of 18 teams each. Louisville City FC are the two-time defending USL Cup champions.


2019 USL Championship season
The 2019 season is the last for the current version of Nashville SC. The club's identity transferred to a Major League Soccer team that started to play in 2020. Additionally, this season was the last for Ottawa Fury FC. On November 8, the club announced that it had suspended operations; Fury FC had received sanctioning from its country's governing body, Canada Soccer, but was denied by U.S. Soccer and the continental governing body of CONCACAF.


2019 USL Championship season, Teams
The following teams are playing in the 2019 USL Championship season:


2019 USL Championship season, Competition format
The season began the weekend of March 8–10 and will conclude the weekend of October 18–20. The 2019 USL Cup Playoffs are expected to begin October 25–27, and conclude with the final match November 14–18.


2019 USL Championship season, Competition format
This is the first season where the USL teams will only play teams within their own conference for regular-season and playoff games until the USL Cup final. Thus, each team will play a balanced home-and-away schedule against each of the other teams in its conference, resulting in a 34-game schedule.


2019 USL Championship season, Playoffs, Format
The top 10 teams from each conference will qualify for the playoffs. Each conference will have a "play-in round" where the 7 seed will host the 10 seed and the 8 host 9. The lowest remaining seed will then play the 1 seed and the other play-in survivor will play the 2 seed to form an 8 team playoff bracket. Each of the 8 team playoff brackets will consist of teams within their respective conference and the matches will be hosted by the higher seed. The USL Cup will be the season's only match that involves teams from different conferences; it will be hosted by the conference champion with the better regular-season record.


2019 USL Championship season, League awards, All-League Teams
F: Daniel Rios (NSH), Adam Jahn (PHX), Solomon Asante (PHX)M: Jared Stroud (NYRB), Magnus Rasmussen (LOU), Kenardo Forbes (PIT)D: Neveal Hackshaw (IND), Joe Greenspan (PIT), Forrest Lasso (NSH), Oscar Jimenez (LOU)G: Matt Pickens (NSH)


2019 USL Championship season, League awards, All-League Teams
F: Sebastian Guenzatti (TBR), Corey Hertzog (RNO), Neco Brett (PIT)M: Santi Moar (NMU), Chris Lema (NYRB), Rodrigo Da Costa (TUL)D: Thomas Vancaeyezeele (PIT), Papé Diakité (TBR), Paco Craig (LOU), A.J. Cochran (PHX)G: Zac Lubin (PHX)


2019 USL League One season
The 2019 USL League One season was the inaugural season of USL League One. The regular season consisted of a 28–game schedule that began on March 29 and concluded on October 5. The playoffs began on October 12 with the final match of the postseason on October 19.


2019 USL League One season, League awards, All-League Teams
F: Steven Beattie (CHT), Ronaldo Damus (NTX), Jordan Perruzza (TOR)M: Joe Gallardo (RIC), Tumi Moshobane (LAN), Arturo Rodriguez (NTX)D: Conner Antley (TRM), Christian Diaz (MAD), Tyler Polak (GVL), Cole Seiler (GVL)G: Dallas Jaye (GVL)


2019 USL League One season, League awards, All-League Teams
F: Jordan Jones (TUC), Ricardo Pepi (NTX), Paulo Jr. (MAD)M: Alfusainey Jatta (NTX), Rafael Mentzingen (LAN), Ualefi (CHT)D: Wahab Ackwei (RIC), Patrick Bunk-Andersen (TOR), Brandon Fricke (LAN), Nick Moon (LAN)G: Alex Mangels (CHT)


2019 USL League Two season
The 2019 USL League Two season is the 25th season of what was formerly the Premier Development League, and the first under the new brand. The regular season started on May 3 and ended on July 14. The Flint City Bucks won the final championship, having defeated Reading United AC 1–0 in extra time.


2019 USL League Two season, Changes from 2018, New teams
A total of 12 new member clubs join League Two for the 2019 season.


2019 USL League Two season, Playoffs, Conference Championships
The League Two Conference Championships will be held over the weekend of July 19–21. Matches will be played at: Whittier, CA (Western Conference, host FC Golden State Force); Reading, PA (Eastern Conference, host Reading United AC); Des Moines, IA (Central Conference, host Des Moines Menace); and Columbia, SC (Southern Conference, host SC United Bantams). The four conference champions will advance to the League Two semifinals.


2019 USL League Two season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Eastern Conference
F: Deri Corfe (OCN) *, Thibaut Jacquel (LBR), Donnett Sackie (VBU)M: Jack Beer (MAN) *, Manuel Ferriol (LIR), Taylor Gray (TRI), Felipe Hideki (REA) * D: Gideon Betz (LBR), Lamine Conte (REA) *, Friedrich Peter (VBU)G: Blake Mullen (WMA)


2019 USL League Two season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Yuri Farkas (FCB), Sullivan Oliveira Silva (TBC), Gerit Wintermeyer (CHI) * M: Giuseppe Barone (FCB), Jackson Dietrich (DAY), Jorge Guinovart (CIN), Nicolás Perea (DMM)D: Reece Hands (CIN), Leon Jones (CHI), James Thomas (DMM) * G: Jordan Bell (DMM)


2019 USL League Two season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Southern Conference
F: J.J. Donnelly (SGT), Leonardo Paiva (VIL) *, Jonathan Ricketts (DRW)M: Adrian Billhardt (SGT) *, Luca Mayr (SGT) *, Kobe Perez (SGT), Harrison Roberts (SCU)D: Artur De Luca (PCM), Shalom Dutey (CHE), Kyle Ferguson (SCU) * G: Robert Edwards (SCU) *


2019 USL League Two season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Manuel Medina (SCS), Enoch Mushagalusa (CPS), Daniel Trejo (GSF)M: Nabilai Kibunguchy (SFG), Julio Rubio (ABU), Shun Takano (VIC), Shizu Yohena (SDZ)D: Ray Estrada (SCS), Jordan Haynes (TSS), Edward Venta-Yepes (CPS)G: Albert Escuin (LAN)


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 82nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2019-20 began on September 4, 2019 and the host school for the season was Ateneo de Manila University.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers made it back to the playoffs for the first time since Season 78 after finishing the double-round eliminations at fourth place with 8 wins against 6 losses. The FEU Tamaraws had the same win–loss record but were ranked higher on a superior +6 quotient over UST.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
They then eliminated FEU in the first round of the stepladder semifinals and went on to defeat the second seeded UP Fighting Maroons who held a twice-to-beat advantage over them in the next round to advance to the finals against the undefeated Ateneo Blue Eagles.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Blue Eagles went on to sweep the finals series for an unprecedented 16–0 season and capped a three-peat championship run that began in Season 80. UST, who had nine new players in their roster was the only team to have lost to Ateneo by a solitary point this season. Their first round match ended with a score of 70–71.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Beninese center Soulémane Chabi Yo was named Most valuable player of the season, while former Tiger Cubs' one-and-done and mythical team member Mark Nonoy won the Rookie of the Year award. This was the first time in a decade for players from UST to win the MVP and the Rookie of the Year awards. Dylan Ababou was the MVP, while Jeric Teng was the Rookie of the Year in 2009.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Rhenz Abando, a transferee from Pangasinan's Philippine College of Science and Technology was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of September 4–8, while team captain CJ Cansino, who had a season-ending ACL injury the previous year got the citation during the week of October 16–20, 2019.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Season records
UST had an average winning margin of 12.8 points and an average losing margin of 8.7 points.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Season records
They had a blowout win over the UE Red Warriors, defeating them 101–73 in the second round of eliminations. Their 101-point output was the highest scored by a team in the season. It eclipsed their opening day record of 95 points which was also against UE. Prior to the game, the Tigers had not scored more than 90 points since Aldin Ayo took over as head coach. It was during the first round of Season 80 when UST scored 91 points in a losing effort to also the Red Warriors on their 11th consecutive loss that dated back to the second round of Season 79.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Season records
UST made a record 49 three point shot attempts in their opening game against UE, 15 of which were by Abando. The Tigers also have the most number of three-point field goals converted with 16, as well as the highest total field goal attempts made in a game with 95, converting also a record high 39 shots.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Season records
The team also held the most number of free throw attempts and conversions with 42 and 28 respectively. This was during their second-round game against the Adamson Falcons where both teams committed a combined total of 21 team fouls in the first quarter.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Season records
UST also recorded the fewest turnovers made in a game with 6 during their second round match against UP.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Cameroonian center Steve Akomo has used up his eligibility but is ably replaced by Beninese Soulémane Chabi Yo, a transferee from Colegio de San Lorenzo who led the Griffins to the 2017 UCBL championship.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Mario Bonleon and Season 81 team captain Marvin Lee decided to forego their 5th playing year to join the commercial leagues. Bonleon announced to the team that he was not coming back for his final playing year due to recurring injuries. He had made his decision before the Tigers played their last game of the season. Lee was the team's second leading scorer last season behind Renzo Subido and had played long minutes in UST's preseason games but was advised by their head coach to pursue playing in the MPBL in lieu of his final year in college. His Season 81 scoring average was 14.4 points per game.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Germy Mahinay and Joshua Marcos also played in the preseason, but both decided to transfer to other schools with Mahinay going to National University and Marcos to College of Saint Benilde. Toby Agustin, who saw limited action last season also transferred to Mapúa University.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Aldin Ayo's two-fold rebuilding plan to hold on to players from the UST high school program and to find talents from the countryside could not be any more evident this season with the arrival of UST Tiger Cubs' mythical team member Mark Nonoy, La Union native Rhenz Abando, and Davao City rookie standout Deo Cuajao.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Roster changes
Nonoy himself was scouted while he was in his junior year at Hua Siong College in Iloilo. He was representing Western Visayas in the Palarong Pambansa where he scored 43 points in a game against the Northern Mindanao team. He earlier scored 41 points for Hua Siong in their championship win over Bacolod Tay Tung High School in the 2018 Iloilo Invitational 17 Under Boys Basketball tournament.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Aldin Ayo went into his second year as the head coach of the Growling Tigers, but not without controversies. A rumor that originated from an anonymous tweet in April claimed that Ayo had been fired as coach of the Growling Tigers, but UST's school publication, The Varsitarian later clarified that he was actually giving up his post as consultant of the juniors' basketball program to concentrate on rebuilding the seniors' team.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
This led Bonnie Garcia to step down from the seniors' coaching staff to replace Ayo in the juniors' program. Garcia is the coach of the UST Tiger Cubs basketball team that placed fifth in Season 81 on a 7–7 win–loss record.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
The Varsitarian further clarified that Ayo had actually signed a three-year contract and not six years as reported last year.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Aside from Garcia, assistant coach Randy Alcantara also left Ayo's coaching staff after he was selected by the Mapúa University Cardinals senior men's basketball team in December 2018 to replace Atoy Co as their new head coach. Alcantara was the coach of Mapúa's juniors' team who had just won their third straight NCAA championship earlier in November.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Tapped to replace Garcia and Alcantara were former Arellano Baby Chiefs player JR Carlos and former captain of the Growling Tigers Jiniño Manansala.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
Jiniño, the son of former Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year Jimmy Manansala played for Aric del Rosario alongside Cyrus Baguio, Niño Gelig, Alwyn Espiritu, Christian Luanzon & Emerson Oreta. He is the current head coach of reigning NAASCU champions Saint Clare College of Caloocan. He has also coached the AMA University Titans to the 2006 NAASCU championship and the University of Manila Hawks to the 2010 NAASCU crown.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching staff
This season also saw a change in the team manager position with Jimi Lim of Ironcon Builders replacing Chuck Dumlao of FMR Corporation.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, UAAP Season 82 games results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action & Liga.


2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Players drafted into the PBA
Renzo Subido was drafted 24th overall in the second round of the 2019 PBA draft by Pido Jarencio-led NorthPort Batang Pier.


2019 UT Martin Skyhawks baseball team
The 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks baseball team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Skyhawks, led by Second-year head coach Ryan Jenkins, play their home games at Skyhawk Park as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.


2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
The 2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 14th-year head coach Jason Simpson and played their home games at Graham Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in third place.


2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team, Previous season
The Skyhawks finished the 2018 season 2–9, 2–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.


2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Skyhawks were picked to finish in sixth place.


2019 UT Martin Skyhawks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-OVC team
The Skyhawks had three players at two positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team.


2019 UTEP Miners football team
The 2019 UTEP Miners football team represented University of Texas at El Paso in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners were led by second–year head coach Dana Dimel and played their home games at Sun Bowl. They were members of the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). UTEP averaged 17,093 fans per game. That was 2,938 more fans per game than 2018; the 23rd best increase in FBS.


2019 UTEP Miners football team, Previous season
The Miners finished the 2018 season 1–11 and 1–7 to finish tied in sixth place in Conference USA play and did not qualify for a bowl game.


2019 UTEP Miners football team, Preseason, C–USA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Miners predicted to finish last in the West Division.


2019 UTEP Miners football team, Schedule
UTEP announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.


2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team
The 2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (CUSA). They were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Wilson.


2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Preseason, CUSA media poll
Conference USA released their preseason media poll on July 16, 2019, with the Roadrunners predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2019 UTSA Roadrunners football team, Schedule
UTSA announced its 2019 football schedule on January 10, 2019. The 2019 schedule consists of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season.


2019 Ugandan landslide
The 2019 Ugandan landslide occurred in the district of Bududa in eastern Uganda on 5 June 2019. Several landslides were triggered by heavy rain, killing 5 whilst 50 are believed missing, and leaving an estimated of 150 houses destroyed.


2019 Ugandan landslide
The mudslides happened on the foothills of Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano


2019 Ugandan landslide, High-risk area
Several mudslides has previously struck the region with the 2010 Ugandan landslide killing 100 people.


2019 Ukrainian Athletics Championships
2019 Ukrainian Athletics Championships among the athletes of the senior age category was held from 21 to 23 August in Lutsk at  Avanhard Stadium.


2019 Ukrainian Athletics Championships
Throughout the year, a number of standalone national championships in different events not contested in Lutsk were held among the athletes of the senior age category.


2019 Ukrainian Athletics Championships, Championships geography
In total, 15 cities and villages from 11 regions of Ukraine will host the senior national championships in athletics:


2019 Ukrainian Athletics Indoor Championships
2019 Ukrainian Athletics Indoor Championships among the athletes of the senior age category were held from 7 to 9 February in Sumy at the Athletics Indoor Arena of Sumy State University.


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 2019 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on May 15, 2019 in Zaporizhia between Shakhtar Donetsk and Inhulets Petrove. The match is the 28th Ukrainian Cup Final since fall of the Soviet Union. This is the first time the cup final would be held in Zaporizhia.


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final
If Inhulets win the cup, they will qualify to the group stage of 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, because Shakhtar have already qualified for 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final
For Slavutych Arena this is the second time of hosting games of such level after hosting the 2010 Ukrainian Super Cup. This will be the first final of the Ukrainian Cup competitions that features a team from a second tier division.


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
The game between Shakhtar and Inhulets is going to become first between the two teams.


2019 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
This will be the 19th time for Miners and the competition's record in general for any team reaching the final stage. This will be the 1st time for Inhulets reaching the final stage. It will be the ninth consecutive final for Miners since 2011.


2019 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships
The 2019 Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат України з фігурного катання на ковзанах 2019) were held from 18 to 20 December 2018 in Kyiv. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The results were among the criteria used to select Ukrainian teams to the 2019 World Championships and 2019 European Championships.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup
The 2019 Ukrainian Super Cup became the 16th edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual season opener football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions or the league's runner-up if the National Cup was won also by league champions.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup
Originally scheduled on 21 July 2019, the match was played at the Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa, on 28 July 2018 due to the Ukrainian parliamentary elections which were scheduled on 21st. The game was contested by league winner Shakhtar Donetsk and league runner-up Dynamo Kyiv.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
The game will be broadcast on Futbol 1 of "Ukrayina" television channel. According to the UPL website, the stadium is expected to be full. The game for the first time will be shown at the Polish TVP Sport.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
The main news for Shakhtar this summer became the arrival of new mentor. The Portuguese expert Luís Castro replaced at this post Paulo Fonseca who left for Rome. New contract with Dynamo was signed by Alyaksandr Khatskevich who has been the club's head coach for couple of seasons. It is expected that Oleksandr Karavayev a former graduate of the Shakhtar's academy will play for Dynamo.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
The victory in the game is important for each team as well as their coaches. Castro wants to start his coaching career in Shakhtar with a win and a trophy, while Khatskevich wants to return his team a confidence and a win over its main opponent could become a better medicine for it.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
In interview to the Dynamo's website, the Dynamo's defender Tamas Kadar said that "Everyone knows that the game with Shakhtar won't be easy. It is a great team with top notch players. But we have our own advantages. Uncompromising struggle awaits us, we give it all we can on the field. We want to please our fans and will do everything to win trophy."


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Preparations and other background events
In interview to the Shakhtar's website on the question what he expects from the new season, the Shakhtar's midfielder Manor Solomon said that he would like as in previous to take the championship gold and the Cup. "And also we set the task to successfully perform in the UEFA Champion's League by finishing at least the second in a group and advancing to play-offs. But the first goal is to win the Supercup. I want to invite fans of Shakhtar from all Ukraine come to the stadium and support us in the principle duel. We will be glad to see you!"


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Previous encounters
Before this game both teams met in the Ukrainian Super Cup eleven (11) times, the first being back in 2004. Before this game out of the previous eleven both teams won equally 3 games each, five more games were tied and led to penalty shootout three of which were won by Dynamo and two were won by Shakhtar.


2019 Ukrainian Super Cup, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Oleksandr Voityuk (Zaporizhia)Volodymyr Volodin (Kherson)Fourth referee:Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)Reserve assistant referee:Semen ShlonchakVideo assistant referee:Yevhen Aranovskyi (Kyiv)Assistant video assistant referee:Oleksandr Skrypka (Kropyvnytskyi)


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament  were held on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, these elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky dissolved parliament on 21 May 2019, during his inauguration. The election result was the one-party majority, a novelty in Ukraine, for President Zelensky's Servant of the People party with 254 seats.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
About 80 percent of the elected candidates were new to parliament; 83 deputies managed to get reelected from the previous parliament and 13 deputies from earlier convocations. All deputies from Servant of the People were political newcomers. 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Out of 225 constituencies, 26 were suspended due to the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the ongoing occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic (since April 2014).


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October 2019, the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President Volodymyr Zelensky dissolved parliament early on 21 May 2019 (a day after his inauguration), despite claims that he did not have the legal grounds to do this. After Zelensky issued the decree (calling early elections), a lawsuit was filed to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, which sought to declare the decree unconstitutional and therefore illegal. The court declared the decree to be legal on 20 June 2019. The official reason why Zelensky dissolved parliament was "a lack of a government coalition".


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
Following the 2014 parliamentary elections, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc (PPB) party became the largest party, after securing 132 seats. On 21 November 2014, the Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Fatherland and the Radical Party all signed a coalition agreement. Arseniy Yatsenyuk became Prime Minister on 2 December 2014. The Radical Party left the coalition on 1 September 2015 in protest over a vote in parliament involving a change to the Ukrainian Constitution that would lead to decentralization and greater powers for areas held by separatists.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
February 2016 saw the start of the fall of the Yatsenyuk cabinet after the economy minister Aivaras Abromavičius announced his resignation claiming the government did not have real commitment to fight corruption. On 17 and 18 February 2016, the Fatherland and Self Reliance parties left the coalition; meaning that the coalition became 5 deputies short of the 226 needed. On 14 April 2016, Volodymyr Groysman became the new Prime Minister and the Groysman government began with a new cabinet of ministers. Due to the short period of time available to organize the 2019 parliamentary election, current Ukrainian public procurement laws were not followed and to bypass this, local election commissions will work under deferred payment.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Under current law 225 members of the Verkhovna Rada are elected by nationwide closed party-list proportional representation with 5% electoral election threshold and the other 225 seats elected in constituencies with a first-past-the-post electoral system in one round (candidate with the highest vote total wins). 21 parties take part in the election in the nationwide party-list. For the elections there was established a state financing for all political parties that received 2% support, but on 2 October 2019 that law was canceled.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Out of 225 constituencies, 26 are suspended due to the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatists (since April 2014).


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Candidates had until 20 June to submit documents to the Central Election Commission of Ukraine to register as candidates for the position of deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. On 25 June 2019, the Central Election Commission ended its registration process. It registered 5,845 candidates for the elections: 3,171 candidates in the single-member constituencies and 2,674 candidates in the single nationwide constituency with 22 parties.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
Since 2014, various politicians have proposed to reform the electoral system to 100% party-list proportional representation with open lists. President Zelensky is the main proponent. The proposal is opposed by Yulia Tymoshenko. A vote on the proposal (authored by the president) was supposed to take place on 22 May 2019, but members of parliament voted against including it in the agenda.


2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results, Single-mandate constituency results
About 80 percent of the elected candidates had never been elected to parliament; 83 deputies managed to get reelected from the previous parliament and 13 deputies from earlier convocations. All deputies from Servant of the People were political newcomers. 61 percent of the new MPs had never before been engaged in politics.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election
The 2019 Ukrainian presidential election was held on 31 March and 21 April in a two-round system.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election
There were a total of 39 candidates for the election on the ballot. The 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast prevented around 12% of eligible voters from participating in the election. As no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote, a second round was held between the top two candidates, Volodymyr Zelensky, who played the role of Ukraine's president in a popular television comedy and the incumbent president, Petro Poroshenko, on 21 April 2019. According to the Central Election Commission, Zelensky won the second round with 73.22% of the votes.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Background
According to Ukrainian law, the election of the President of Ukraine must take place on the last Sunday of March of the fifth year of the term of the incumbent president. Thus the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election should take place on 31 March 2019. The Ukrainian parliament had to approve the date of the presidential election no later than 100 days before the election day. On 26 November 2018 the parliament set the presidential vote for 31 March 2019.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Background
34,544,993 people were eligible to vote in the elections. However, the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast by separatists (since April 2014) made roughly 12% of eligible voters unable to participate in the elections. The Ukrainian Central Election Commission closed all five foreign polling stations in Russia ahead of the vote.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Background
Analysis of candidates by the Ukrainian NGO "Chesno" found that Petro Poroshenko had the largest election fund (415 million Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH), about $15.4 million), followed by Yulia Tymoshenko with UAH 320 million and Volodymyr Zelensky with UAH 102.8 million and Serhiy Taruta with UAH 98.4 million. By comparison, in the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, then winner Viktor Yanukovych spent over $40 million and runner-up Yulia Tymoshenko spent $36 million.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Background
A total of 2,369 international observers from 17 countries and 19 organizations were officially registered to monitor the elections. A record number of 139 non-governmental Ukrainian organizations were registered as observers.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
According to Ukrainian law, a presidential candidate must be a citizen of Ukraine who is at least 35 years old, can speak the (state) Ukrainian language and has lived in Ukraine for the last ten years prior to election day. Candidates were nominated by a political party, or by self-nomination. Candidates also had to submit a declaration of income for the year preceding the election year. This document was then scrutinized by the National Agency for Prevention of Corruption, which subsequently published the results of the audit. Nominations could be submitted from 31 December 2018 to 4 February 2019. The end of the registration period was 9 February 2019. After a potential candidate provided the required documentation to the Central Election Commission (CEC), this body had five days to register the candidate or to refuse to do so.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
Candidates were required to pay a nomination deposit of 2.5 million hryvnias (approx. 90,000 US dollars); only the two candidates that progress to the second round of voting will get this deposit returned (the other deposits will be transferred to the state budget).


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
By the end of the registration period on 9 February 2019, the Central Election Commission (CEC) had registered 44 candidates for the elections. This meant that the largest number of candidates participated in the elections. In total, 92 people submitted documents to the CEC to participate in the elections. Five candidates withdrew. The CEC refused to register 47 people, most for their failure to pay the deposit.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates
Candidates could withdraw their candidacy, but not later than 23 days before the election. On 8 March, the CEC approved the final list of candidates. There were a total of 39 candidates for the first round of the election.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Candidates, Registration denied
The CEC rejected 47 applications (mostly for failure to pay the deposit of 2.5 mln hryvnias (approx. 90,000 US dollars)) of potential candidates, including:


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Ukrainian television coverage
During the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, various Ukrainian television channels supported a candidate for President of Ukraine.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Ukrainian television coverage
Under the state-owned National Public Broadcasting Company, UA:Pershyi was critical of Poroshenko.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Results
With a voter turnout of 62.8%, about 18.9 million people voted in the first round of elections on 31 March. Volodymyr Zelensky of the Servant of the People and the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko both advanced to the second round of elections on 21 April. In the first round, Zelensky earned 30% of the votes compared to Poroshenko's 16%.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Results
Exit polls during the second round of voting predicted that Zelensky would win with more than 70% of the votes. With only 3% of the votes counted, the CEC confirmed similar preliminary results. Poroshenko conceded the results of the election in a speech soon after the polls closed and exit-poll data was released. He wrote on Twitter: "We succeeded to ensure free, fair, democratic and competitive elections... I will accept the will of Ukrainian people."


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Results
According to the CEC, preliminary results with about 99.27% of the votes counted indicates that Zelensky received about 73.19% of the votes to the incumbent president's 24.48%. The final results for both second round candidates were 73.23% and 24.46%.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Reactions
Poroshenko tweeted that "a new inexperienced Ukrainian president... could be quickly returned to Russia's orbit of influence." Some of Zelensky's critics have expressed concerns over his close ties with billionaire oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi, doubting whether Zelensky will be able to stand up against the country's influential oligarchs and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Reactions
Several European Union nations offered their congratulations and hopes of continued partnerships in the future. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Zelensky "will now truly be the Servant of the People." Similar sentiments were expressed by Andrzej Duda, President of Poland, Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Russia's deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, stated that "The new leadership now must understand and realise the hopes of its electors" in both domestic and foreign policy. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated Zelensky and thanked the Canadians among the observers overseeing the elections. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the president-elect to congratulate him and "the Ukrainian people for a peaceful [and] democratic election."


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Reactions
Jonah Fisher of BBC News described the preliminary result as a "massive protest vote" and "a humiliation" for the incumbent president, but commented that it would be difficult for Zelensky to put his "vague policies" into action.


2019 Ukrainian presidential election, Reactions
A joint letter of congratulations was issued by both Tusk and Jean Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission. The European Union (EU) leaders stated that they hoped Zelensky's victory would speed up the implementation of the remaining parts of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.


2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
The 2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship will be the 52nd instalment of the annual competition organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2019–20 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.


2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship
Gaoth Dobhair (Donegal) were the reigning champions following their victory in the 2018 final over Scotstown (Monaghan). Crossmaglen's defeat in the quarter-final, meant that for the second successive year, there would be a new winner of the Seamus McFerran Cup.


2019 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, Teams
The Ulster championship is contested by the winners of the nine county championships in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland, as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.


2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship
The 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship is the 131st instalment of the annual Ulster Senior Football Championship organised by Ulster GAA. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners receive The Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 12 October 2018.


2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship
Donegal were the defending champions, and successfully retained their title, defeating Cavan in the final.


2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Teams
The Ulster championship is contested by the nine counties in the Irish province of Ulster. Ulster comprises the six counties of Northern Ireland as well as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.


2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200
The 2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200 was a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race held on February 23, 2019, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 130 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway, it was the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season.


2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200, Practice, First practice
Stewart Friesen was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 31.286 seconds and a speed of 177.204 mph (285.182 km/h).


2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200, Practice, Final practice
Ben Rhodes was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 31.194 seconds and a speed of 177.726 mph (286.022 km/h).


2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200, Qualifying
Qualifying was canceled due to rain. Austin Hill was awarded the pole for the race based on 2018 owner's points.


2019 Umbrian regional election
The 2019 Umbrian regional election took place on 27 October 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria, as well as for the President of the Region, who is also a member of the Assembly.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Electoral system
The candidate who obtains a plurality of votes on a regional level is elected President of Umbria and the winning coalition receives 60% of the seats in the Legislative Assembly, ie 12 seats, excluding the seat reserved to the President. All other candidates for President who have not been elected but are linked to lists or coalitions that have elected at least one councillor are automatically elected to the Legislative Assembly.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Electoral system
The allocation of seats by coalitions and lists takes place on a proportional basis using a largest remainder method with open lists, with a 2.5% threshold for all lists and with a maximum limit of 10 seats obtainable for a single list.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Electoral system
Each candidate for President cannot spend more than €100,000, each candidate for regional councillor cannot spend more than €25,000 and each list cannot spend more than €1 multiplied by the number of inhabitants of the Region.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Background
In April 2019 the regional secretary of the Democratic Party Gianpiero Bocci and the regional health councillor Luca Barberini, together with Emilio Duca and Maurizio Valorosi, general manager and administrative director of the Perugia hospital, were arrested following an investigation into recruitment competitions in 2018 when Bocci was undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior. They were committed to stand trial on charges of abuse of office, disclosure of official secrecy, aiding and false ideology and material, for having communicated to some recommended candidates the questions that would have been present in the recruitment competitions. Catiuscia Marini, President of the Umbria Region, was committed to stand trial on charges of false ideology and material, abuse of office and disclosure of official secrets. A total of 35 people were investigated.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Background
Both Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio demanded the resignation of the President and requested an early election, organizing rallies to Perugia right after the arrests,  while the new secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, said that the prosecutors must ascertain responsibilities for the crime committed by suspects. Later on, Carlo Calenda, member of the Democratic Party, requested her resignation, while the secretary Zingaretti said she "must do what is best for Umbria", viewed by the newspapers as an invite to resign. President Catiuscia Marini initially announced she would resign, but a month later she voted a motion in the Legislative Assembly that asked her not to resign, causing much controversy in the party, and eventually, she officially resigned, leaving the post to her deputy president Fabio Paparelli.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Centre-left
The Democratic Party, following the scandal in the Region, decided they wanted to support an independent candidate. Among the civic lists with which they initially collaborated to draft the program, there were the Movement of the ideas and the act, promoted by the president of the Alliance of the Italian Cooperatives Umbria Andrea Fora and the professor of the University of Perugia Luca Ferrucci, Mario Stirati, mayor of Gubbio, and finally Umbria of the Territories of Stefania Proietti, mayor of Assisi and the councillor of Todi Floriano Pizzichini.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Centre-left
Andrea Fora finally decided to formalize his availability as a candidate for president for the centre-left coalition, supported by cardinal Bassetti, the Democratic Party and other minor lists like DemoS, creating some discontent on the other lists for his self candidature, choosing to run as a brand new coalition called Civic Green and Social Umbria, joined by Umbria of the Territories, the Italian Socialist Party, the Movement of the ideas and the act, Green Europe and The Other Umbria, a list promoted by Communist Refoundation and Italian Left. Possible candidates for the Presidency from the alternative coalition were Luciano Bacchetta, president of the Province of Terni, Marco Sciorini, coordinator of Terni of Umbria of the Territories, and Floriano Pizzichini.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Centre-right
Like what happened at the last regional elections in Piedmont, the centre-right for months did not find an agreement on the candidate President. Matteo Salvini, for the League, immediately after the health scandal, proposed for the presidency Donatella Tesei, senator of the League and former mayor of Montefalco, also supported by the new party Cambiamo! by Giovanni Toti, while Fratelli d'Italia insisted on the name of Marco Squarta, group leader of the party at the regional council of Umbria.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Centre-right
A third candidacy, Andrea Romiti, mayor of Perugia, was put forward by the former assessor of Perugia Francesco Calabrese, promoting the list Project Umbria, but was immediately rejected by the three parties, specifying that there would be no more than four lists in support of the candidate President. In early September, both Forza Italia and FdI supported Tesei's candidacy, but both parties wanted a deputy president of their own (Marco Squarta for FdI, Roberto Morroni for FI). Another problem was FI's veto to the list of Cambiamo into the coalition, but Matteo Salvini asked for the centre-right unity, leaving the decision to Tesei.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Five Star Movement
The Five Star Movement didn't hold the online primaries for the election of the presidential candidate. In July, the former candidate for President of the Umbria Region at the previous elections and outgoing regional councillor for Umbria, Andrea Liberati, announced that he will not stand as presidential candidate for the M5S.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Five Star Movement
The candidates for the presidency of the Umbria region for the M5S were the former MEP Laura Agea, from Città di Castello, the doctor Gino Di Manici Proietti, candidate in the political elections in 2018 in the single-member constituency of Umbria - 02 and the outgoing regional councillor Maria Grazia Carbonari. The latter officially announced his availability for the office. Finally, the online primaries took place on 19 September, but the members voted only for the candidates in the list and not for the candidates for the presidency.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Five Star Movement
In the days of the formation of the new government between PD and M5S, both the PD commissioner in Umbria Walter Verini and the independent candidate for the centre-left Andrea Fora showed interest in an electoral alliance between PD and M5S in the regional elections in Umbria, but some umbrian members of the Chamber of the Deputies for the M5S countered that an electoral alliance between PD and M5S would be "premature".


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Five Star Movement
Finally, after the new Conte cabinet, Dario Franceschini and the PD secretary Nicola Zingaretti proposed an alliance to the M5S but Luigi Di Maio initially refused, but finally he proposed a "civic pact" for Umbria, choosing an independent president as a candidate and independent regional assessors as well. The proposal was welcome by both the coalition led by the Democratic Party and the coalition of the civic left. The possible candidates were the entrepreneur and stylist Brunello Cucinelli, who refused, and the CEO of Novamont, Catia Bastioli. The Five Star Movement meanwhile called for another vote on 20 September on their online platform to decide whether to take part of the "civic pact" proposed by Di Maio itself.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Candidates, Other lists
Among the other candidates, Claudio Ricci, former candidate for president of the centre-right in the regional election of 2015 and outgoing regional councillor for Umbria, announced his candidacy as an independent candidate with three civic lists, while the Communist Party announced the candidacy of the former member of the CGIL trade union Rossano Rubicondi, Power to the People announced they would run with their own presidential candidate, Emiliano Camuzzi, a trade unionist, and finally the former general Antonio Pappalardo declared he will run for the Orange Vests, inspired by the Yellow vests movement in France.


2019 Umbrian regional election, Results
Donatella Tesei, backed by the centre-right coalition composed of Salvini's League, far-right Brothers of Italy and Berlusconi’s Forza Italia, has been elected governor with 57.6% of the vote. The candidate for the coalition composed of the centre-left (led by the Democratic Party) and the Five Star Movement lost to the centre-right by more than 20 percent points. Umbria marks the eighth straight victory for the centre-right in regional ballots since the general election of March 2018.


2019 Under 21 Men's Australian Championships
The 2019 Men's Under 21 Australian Championships is a field hockey tournament being held in the New South Wales city of Lismore from 10–17 July 2019.


2019 Under 21 Men's Australian Championships, Competition format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, teams progress to the quarterfinals, where the winners progress to contest the medals, while the losing teams playoff for fifth to eighth place.


2019 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships
The 2019 Women's Under 21 Australian Championships is a field hockey tournament being held in the New South Wales city of Lismore from 10–17 July 2019.


2019 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Competition format
The tournament is divided into two pools, Pool A and Pool B, consisting of four teams in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, teams progress to the quarterfinals, where the winners progress to contest the medals, while the losing teams playoff for fifth to eighth place.


2019 Under 21 Women's Australian Championships, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 93 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.88 goals per match.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship
The 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship was the 2019 edition of the Under-20 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-20 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 13 July to 30 August 2019.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
There were nine participating teams in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship. The teams were divided into three sections, with each team playing the other two teams in their section twice during the regular season, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage — the three section winners, plus the runner-up with the best record — qualified for the semi-finals, where the section winner with the best record hosted the best runner-up, and the section winner with the second-best record hosted the section winner with the third-best record. The two semi-final winners played in the final, played as a curtain-raiser for the 2019 Currie Cup First Division final.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Teams
The teams that competed in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship are:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, North Section, Standings
The final standings in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship North Section were:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, North Section, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, North Section, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship North Section:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Central Section, Standings
The final standings in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship Central Section were:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Central Section, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Central Section, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship Central Section:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Coastal Section, Standings
The final standings in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship Coastal Section were:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Coastal Section, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Coastal Section, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship Coastal Section:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Play-offs
The three section winners qualified for the play-offs, ranked by their record in the regular season. They were joined by the runner-up with the best record.


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Honours
The honour roll for the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship was:


2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Under-20 Provincial Championship:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship
The 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship was the 2019 edition of the Under-21 Provincial Championship, an annual national Under-21 rugby union competition held in South Africa, and was contested from 21 June to 7 September 2019.


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
There were six participating teams in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship. Each team played the other five teams twice during the pool stage, once at home and once away. Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Competition rules and information
The top four teams in the pool stage qualified for the semi-finals, where the top-placed team hosted the fourth-placed team, and the second-placed team hosted the third-placed team. The two semi-final winners played in the final, played as a curtain-raiser for the 2019 Currie Cup Premier Division final.


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Teams
The teams that competed in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship are:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Standings
The final standings in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship were:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Round-by-round
The table below shows each team's progression throughout the season. For each round, each team's cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Regular season, Matches
The following matches were played in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship regular season:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Honours
The honour roll for the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship was:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players
The squads and player appearance and scoring statistics for the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship are as follows:


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Players
(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Con" to the number of conversions kicked, "Pen" to the number of penalties kicked, "DG" to the number of drop goals kicked and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.


2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship, Referees
The following referees officiated matches in the 2019 Under-21 Provincial Championship:


2019 Union budget of India
The Union Budget of India for 2019–2020 was presented by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman on 5 July 2019, 11 am as her maiden budget. This was the first budget of Narendra Modi led NDA government second term.


2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
The 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the third round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in the United Arab Emirates in December 2019. It was a tri-nation series between Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures. The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the fixtures for the tri-series in November 2019.


2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
The United Arab Emirates named a squad for the opening match of the series that contained six cricketers who had not played in an ODI match before. The UAE were forced to make changes to their side, following a corruption investigation that impacted the team during the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier. As a result of the enforced changes, in the opening match the UAE fielded a team with the youngest average age for their national team.


2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
G. S. Lakshmi was named as the match referee for the opening fixture of the series, becoming the first woman to oversee a men's ODI match.


2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
The United States won their first three matches. The third ODI between the UAE and Scotland was washed out.


2019 United Kingdom general election
The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote – the highest percentage for any party since 1979.


2019 United Kingdom general election
Having failed to obtain a majority in the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party had faced prolonged parliamentary deadlock over Brexit while it governed in minority with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). This situation led to the resignation of the Prime Minister, Theresa May, and the selection of Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Prime Minister in July 2019. Johnson could not induce Parliament to approve a revised withdrawal agreement by the end of October, and chose to call for a snap election, which the House of Commons supported via the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019. Opinion polls up to polling day showed a firm lead for the Conservatives against the Labour Party throughout the campaign.


2019 United Kingdom general election
The Conservatives won 365 seats; many of their gains were made in long-held Labour seats, dubbed the 'red wall', which had registered a strong 'Leave' vote in the 2016 EU referendum. Labour won 202 seats, its lowest number and proportion of seats since 1935. The Scottish National Party (SNP) made a net gain of 13 seats and won 3.9% of the UK vote (translating to 45% of the popular vote in Scotland), resulting in 48 out of 59 seats won in Scotland. The Liberal Democrats improved their vote share to 11.6% but won only 11 seats, a net loss of one since the last election. The DUP won a plurality of seats in Northern Ireland. There, the SDLP and Alliance regained parliamentary representation as the DUP lost seats.


2019 United Kingdom general election
The election result gave Johnson a mandate to formally implement the UK’s departure from the European Union on 31 January 2020 and to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, thereby ending hopes of the Remain movement of overturning the result of the 2016 referendum. Labour's defeat led to Jeremy Corbyn conceding defeat and announcing his intention to resign, triggering a leadership election won by Keir Starmer. For Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, the loss of her constituency's seat compelled her to resign as well, triggering a leadership election, which was won by Ed Davey.


2019 United Kingdom general election
The party's leader in Wales, Jane Dodds, was also unseated. For the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, her party's landslide victory in Scotland led to renewed calls for a second independence referendum. In Northern Ireland, nationalist MPs outnumbered unionist ones for the first time, although the unionist popular vote remained higher (43.1%). As a result of the election being called, the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, resigned the Speakership. Sir Lindsay Hoyle was subsequently elected to replace him.


2019 United Kingdom general election, Background
In July 2016, Theresa May became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having taken over from David Cameron (who had resigned in the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum). Her party –  the Conservative and Unionist Party –  had governed the UK since the 2010 general election, initially in coalition with the Liberal Democrats and after the 2015 general election, alone with a small majority. In the 2017 general election, May lost her majority but was able to resume office as a result of a confidence and supply agreement with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party.


2019 United Kingdom general election, Background
In the face of opposition from the DUP and Conservative back-benchers, the second May ministry was unable to pass its Brexit withdrawal agreement by 29 March 2019, so some political commentators considered that an early United Kingdom general election was likely. The opposition Labour Party called for a January 2019 vote of confidence in the May ministry, but the motion failed. May resigned after her party's poor performance in the 2019 European Parliament election, during the first extension granted by the European Union for negotiations on the withdrawal agreement.


2019 United Kingdom general election, Background
Boris Johnson won the 2019 Conservative Party leadership election and became Prime Minister on 23 July 2019. Along with attempting to revise the withdrawal agreement arranged by his predecessor's negotiations, Johnson made three attempts to hold a snap election under the process defined in the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, which requires a two-thirds supermajority in order for an election to take place.